You could look at using the MIME::Lite module, the documentation has some basic examples you could use to send your test mail from the command line.

If you need help with installing modules see Installing Modules from the tutorials section of this site.

Hope this helps

Martin

I will try this out marto...but I would still love if someone has a script already made to test mail...let me know and I will send you my email address. Thanks

I found an excellent example of making one on a site and I was able to configure it and it worked like a charm! And it uses MIME::Lite so kudos to marto! Thanks bro! CASE CLOSED! I didn't even need Sendmail for this to work! Excellent! Below is the script I found (I modified it a bit so I could get it through my head...Original link is here http://www.bernzilla.com/item.php?id=483 =======================================================


#!/usr/bin/perl

# use MIME::Lite package
use MIME::Lite;

# set up email
$to = "toemail\@gmail.com";
$from = "fromemail\@inbox.com";
$subject = "Email Sent via Perl";
$message = "This email was sent using Perl.";
$file = "sample.txt";

# send email
email($to, $from, $subject, $message, $file);

# email function
sub email
{
 # get incoming parameters
 local ($to, $from, $subject, $message, $file) = @_;

 # create a new message
 $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
  From => $from,
  To => $to,
  Subject => $subject,
  Data => $message
 );

 # add the attachment
 $msg->attach(
  Type => "text/plain",
  Path => $file,
  Filename => $file,
  Disposition => "attachment"
 );

 # send the email
 MIME::Lite->send('smtp', 'smtp.yourisp.net', Timeout => 60);
 $msg->send();
}
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